Love is in the air, with Larry

Larry Reddick, a.k.a. “The Bird Guy,” was entertaining people in Washington Square Park last Saturday, as he drew a flock of pigeons with shouts of “Over there!” followed by tosses of handfuls of birdseed. “They know my voice,” he said of the birds. The pigeons like to perch on him, as well as on unsuspecting tourists who engage him in conversations. While the birds might not be Reddick’s pets per se, they certainly can be called his fine feathered friends. “They’re the most harmless things in the world,” said the formerly homeless man. Ricky Syers has made a marionette of Reddick, who is a companion of “Little Doris,” the marionette of Doris Diether, the veteran Community Board 2 member, another park regular.

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